Improvement in shot-cartridges



C. E. SNBIDER.v

SHOT CARTRIDGE.

No. 102,984. Patented May- 10, 1870.

N. PETERS. Pnalwuahognphen washington. D. C.

- A UNITED STATES Trier.

CHARLES EDWARD SNEIDER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNQR OF ONE-HALF HISRIGHT TO JOSIAS PENNINGTON, JR., 0F `SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHOT-CARTRIDGES.

Specijcatonformz'ng part of Letters Patent No. 102,984, dated May 10,1870.

'o all lwhom it may concern: i

Be it known that I, CHARLES EDWARD SNEIDER, of the city of Baltimore andState of Maryland, have invented certain new vand .useful Improvementsin Shot-Cartridges, so that they may be fired from a non-chambered boreor barrel; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in whieh-Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the shot-cartridge. Fig. 2represents a section through the same. Fig. 3 represents a sectionthrough a portion ot' a gun-barrel, with the cartridge in sectiontherein.

Shot-cartridges, as heretofore made, have been loaded in and tired froma chamber in the rear of the barrel, and the making of such chamber,which involves the making of a shoulder, so weakens the barrel at thepoint where it endures the greatest strain as to cause4 it to rupture,crack, and burst.

My invention consists in a shot-cartridge the shell or case of which ismade of one piece, or without ashoulder, and partially cutthrou gh atthe line where the portion containing the shot parts from or leaves theportion containing the charge ot' powder, by which means I can use andlire said cartridges from a nolichambered gun, and so preserve thestrength ofthe barrel where it is most required; and my inventionfurther consists in cutting a ap in the rear disk or head of thecartridgecase, and bending it inward to form a support t'or thetiring-pin, which avoids the necessity of an extra chamber or apasteboard disk or bottom for securing the cap and pin, as heretofore.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to de- .scribe the same with rel'erence to the drawings.

The cylinder or case a, I make of pasteboard, by preference, though itmay be made of other material, in whole or in part, and this cylinder isunited to a metallic flanged head, b, to form' the case.

A flap, c, is cut or punched in the metal fore or after being bent) witha hole for the ring-pin d to pass through and be supported in, saidtiring-pin resting in a cap, e, in the cartridge-case. The opening inthe head of the cartridge made by cutting. the flap and bending itinward is afterward closed by a paper or other diaphragm, suitablyvarnished to keep out moisture. 1

Making a support for the riug-pin out of a portion ofthe head of thecartridge avoids the use of a pasteboard bottom or a separate chamberfor the firing-pin, as heretofore made. The cartridge-case so made ispunched, creased, or partially cut at or about the line f, so that, whendischarged or tired, the forward portion will leave the after portionand go with the shot, the case parting at this partial] y severed orweakened line j'.

When the cap and firing-pin are arranged, then the charge ot' powder gis .irst put in; then a wad, h,- on that the charge of shot t; then 'adisk or wad, j, on which latter the end of the case is bent over orcrimped on, to hold the charge to the cartridge.

The bore of the gun need not be chambered for this cartridge, but is somade as to allow the cartridge to freely slide into the bore, orslightly, very slightly, tapered for that purpose.

The front ot the cartridge-case going out with the shot tends toconcentrate the latter, or make close77 shooting, as it is termed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- 1. Making thecase or cylinder of a shot-car-A tridge of a single piece, partiallysevered, or so weakened in front of the powder-wad as to separate, whentired, at that point, and go out with the shot, and so obviate achambered bore to the gun, substantially as described and represented.

2. In combination with a shot-cartridge, the iiap c, cut and made fromthe head of the cartridge-case, as a support for the tiring-pin,substantially as and for the purpose described.

CHARLES EDWARD SNEIDER.

Witnesses A. B. SroUGH'roN, EDMUND MASSON.

